NEW DELHI — Eight policemen and a driver had been killed Monday after a car they had been touring in was blown up by an improvised explosive machine (IED) triggered by Naxals within the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police stated.
The assault happened on Bedre-Kutru Road in Bijapur district, about 442 km south of Raipur, the capital metropolis of Chhattisgarh. (India-Naxals)
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SEOUL — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards its japanese waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) stated Monday.
The South Korean navy detected a projectile believed to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile that was fired towards the japanese waters from Pyongyang areas round noon native time (0300 GMT), in response to the JCS. (South Korea-DPRK Missile)
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SEOUL — The South Korean anti-corruption company and the police on Monday reached a consensus that they’ll collectively execute the arrest warrant towards impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol beneath the framework of the joint investigation unit.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) despatched an official doc late Sunday to the National Office of Investigation (NOI) of the Korean National Police Agency, requesting that the duty of executing the arrest warrant be transferred to the police. (South Korea-President-Arrest)
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TOKYO, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — Japan’s Nippon Steel and United States Steel have collectively filed a lawsuit towards the U.S. authorities over President Joe Biden’s resolution to dam the buyout of the American steelmaker by the Japanese firm, native media reported Monday.
The two steelmakers are in search of a overview of the deal by the Committee on Foreign Investment within the United States (CFIUS), calling Biden’s order “unlawful political interference,” public broadcaster NHK reported. (Japan-Nippon Steel)